Message from His Excellency the Governor recommending legislation relative to An Act Relating To An Issue Of Bonds By The Town Of Belmont.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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DEVAL L. PATRICK

GOVERNOR

TIMOTHY P. MURRAY

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Executive Department

State House · Boston 02133

(617) 725-4000

December 8, 2009

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives:

Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 8, Paragraph 1, Clause (2) of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended by Article LXXXIX, I am filing for your consideration the attached legislation entitled, “An Act Relating To An Issue Of Bonds By The Town Of Belmont.”

Senator Tolman, Representative Brownsberger and the Belmont board of selectmen have requested that I file this legislation to ratify, validate and confirm the vote of the town of Belmont at its June 3, 2009 town meeting. The vote concerns a matter of great concern to the community: the construction of a new elementary school. Absent this bill, the town would have to expend a significant amount of money to fund a special election, which would further strain the town’s budget in these difficult economic times.

Accordingly, I urge your early and favorable consideration of this bill.

Respectfully submitted,

DEVAL L. PATRICK,

Governor.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Relating To An Issue Of Bonds By The Town Of Belmont.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The vote of the Town of Belmont passed June 3, 2009 appropriating and authorizing a borrowing of $39,764,430 for the design and construction of a new Wellington Elementary School, located at 121 Orchard Street, is hereby ratified, validated and confirmed in all respects and the amounts required to pay for any bonds or notes issued pursuant to such vote shall be exempt from the limitation on total taxes imposed by section 21C of chapter 59 of the General Laws notwithstanding any discrepancy in the descriptions of the purpose of such borrowing authorization contained in the June 3, 2009 vote and the vote of the town passed at the June 8, 2009 special town election.

Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

12/17/2009

House

Rules suspended

12/17/2009

House

Read second and ordered to a third reading

12/21/2009

House

Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

12/21/2009

House

Enacted

12/21/2009

Senate

Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

12/21/2009

Senate

Enacted and laid before the Governor

12/22/2009

Governor

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 191 of the Acts of 2009

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